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Rootless cosmopolitan,down at heels intellectual;would be writer. 'Polemic is a discourse of conflict, whose effect depends on a delicate balance between the requirements of truth and the enticements of anger, the duty to argue and the zest to inflame. Its rhetoric allows, even enforces, a certain figurative licence. Like epitaphs in Johnson’s adage, it is not under oath.' https://www.lrb.co.uk/v15/n20/perry-anderson/diary

The Telegraph: 03/31/2026

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 31, 2026 World recession warning as Trump ‘loses control’ of Iran war The world risks plunging into recession as Donald Trump appears to have “lost control” of the Iran war, a City bank has warned. Major … Continue reading

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Tony Blair allied himself with the reactionay ‘Free Press’!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 29, 2026 Headline: Tony Blair: We must end left’s unholy alliance with the Islamists Subheadline:Parts of the left cast Jewish communities as supporters of Israel and Jews become ‘fair game’. https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/tony-blair-end-lefts-unholy-alliance-with-islamists-vffq3sr2t Editor: Blair is an itergral … Continue reading

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Under the rubric of ‘Professional Fervent Anti-Russian’ Julia Ioffe, is the low grade Fiona Hill!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 29, 2026 Headline: Putin’s Post-Iran Paranoia Sub-headline: The Russian president has curtailed his schedule, and Moscow has virtually no cell service. The official explanation is about Ukrainian drones, but Putin is clearly spooked by the attacks … Continue reading

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The Democrats are under the control of Bill and Hillery: The utter betrayers of The New Deal of FDR, and Ferdinand Pecora of the Glass–Steagall Act etc., etc., etc., ad infinitum!

‘No Kings’ is New Democratic Horseshit! stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 28, 2026 Political Cynic : I will be voting for COL. Douglas Macgregor!

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On the Twin Toxins of Zionist Hysteric Melanie Phillips, allied with South African Elon Musk!

Political Observer on the Almost Reahabilitation of Nietzsche turned, on its head, or something akin to it, by the toxic duo of Philips/Musk? stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 28, 2026 Political Observer.

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Death penalty for Palestinians accused of ‘terrorist’ murder continues Israeli government’s downward spiral!

Editorial Le Monde: The law, passed Monday by the Israeli parliament, tramples on the ideal stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 02, 2026 Death penalty for Palestinians accused of ‘terrorist’ murder continues Israeli government’s downward spiral Editorial Le Monde The law, passed Monday by … Continue reading

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On the perpetual mendacity, allied to the War Mongering political romaticism of Bret Stevens, that riffs on well worn themes appropriated from Ernst Jünger?

Newspaper Reader considers the political project of a notorious Neo-Conservative! stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 26, 2026 Editor: Reader begin with these paragraphs of Stephens political refractions! Most Americans probably don’t look back at March 2012 — if they remember it at all … Continue reading

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Former Reader of @FT on ‘Fintech, Peter Mandelson & Harvey Schwartz’

Newspaper Reader on ‘Faked Documents’ and other irregularties. @FT provides the data! stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 25, 2026 The Bank of London has received a £2mn fine for misleading regulators about its capital position over a three-year period, including by providing fabricated … Continue reading

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On Paul Singer Vulture Capitalist!

Newspaper Reader collection from various times and sourses. Mar 25, 2026 At The Financial Times: Vulture Capitalist Paul Singer defends his greed as ‘shareholder accountability’ ! Almost Marx scoffs Posted on March 18, 2019 by stephenkmacksd Headline: Do not let company founders hide … Continue reading

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Here is the Essential Edward Luce: On ‘Trump’s Armageddon-Taco shuffle’

Newspaper Reader stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 24, 2026 … Trump could always walk away and leave others to clean up. As Richard Haass, a senior official in past Republican administrations, noted, that would amount to a “we broke it, you own it” … Continue reading

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